The Birds of North America
Subtitle: life histories for the 21st century
By: [A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill, editors].
Contributors: Poole, Alan Forsyth.; Stettenheim, Peter R.; Gill, Frank B.; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.; American Ornithologists' Union.
Publisher: American Ornithologists' Union; Academy of Natural Sciences
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Subjects: Birds -- North America; Birds -- North America -- Identification; Birds -- North America -- Behavior
Other titles: BNA
Description: "The work is ... restricted to the approximately 700 species of birds that breed in continental Canada and the United States north of Mexico plus Hawaii and Baja California ... Other than some of our most familiar, well-established introduced species, introduced species ... receive low priority."--Page 5 Introductory pamphlet.
Notes: Published with sequential numbering, in volumes of 40 nos. each.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1 (nos. 1-40): Barn owl; title: Piping plover; title: King rail; title: Indigo bunting; title: Spruce Grouse; title: Semipalmated sandpiper; title: Northern Mockingbird; title: Mexican chickadee; title: White ibis; title: Snowy owl; title: Tree swallow; title: House sparrow; title: Rock dove; title: Violet-green swallow; title: Blue grouse; title: Broad-tailed hummingbird; title: Least bittern; title: American bittern; title: Kirtland's warbler; title: Golden-winged warbler; title: Five-striped sparrow; title: Wild turkey; title: Blue-gray gnatcatcher; title: Least grebe; title: Great blue heron; title: Western grebe; title: Clark's grebe; title: White-winged crossbill; title: Inca dove; title: White-rumped sandpiper; title: White-tailed hawk; title: Sandhill crane; title: Common poorwill; title: Ring-billed gull; title: Smith's longspur; title: Bell's Vireo; title: Greater prairie-chicken; title: American tree sparrow; title: Bachman's sparrow; title: Black-capped chickadee; title: Gray jay.; title: Vol. 2 (nos. 41-80): Great gray owl; title: Northern saw-whet owl; title: Red-tailed tropic bird; title: Merlin; title: Savannah sparrow; title: House finch; title: Brown-headed cowbird; title: European starling; title: Pigeon guillemot; title: Cassin's auklet; title: Rock ptarmigan; title: Red-tailed hawk; title: Rufous hummingbird; title: White-breasted nuthatch; title: Black-throated green warbler; title: Altamira oriole; title: American white pelican; title: Gray partridge; title: Glaucous-winged gull; title: Red-legged kittiwake; title: Burrowing owl; title: Short-eared owl; title: Boreal owl; title: Harris' sparrow; title: Black-footed albatross; title: Laysan albatross; title: Bufflehead; title: White-tailed ptarmigan; title: Least auklet; title: Crested auklet; title: Bendire's thrasher; title: Mourning warbler; title: Masked booby; title: Black-crowned night-heron; title: Cooper's hawk; title: Whiskered auklet; title: Vaux's swift; title: Dusky flycatcher; title: Blue grosbeak; title: American goldfinch.; title: Vol. 3 (nos. 81-120): Mottled duck; title: American oystercatcher; title: Wilson's phalarope; title: Belted kingfisher; title: Red-cockaded woodpecker; title: Tufted titmouse; title: Black-throated blue warbler; title: Ovenbird; title: Tundra swan; title: Western sandpiper; title: Buff-breasted sandpiper; title: Black-legged kittiwake; title: Flammulated owl; title: Eastern phoebe; title: American pipit; title: McCown's longspur; title: Emperor goose; title: Hooded merganser; title: Least flycatcher; title: American woodcock; title: Orange-crowned warbler; title: Blackburnian warbler; title: Field sparrow; title: Western meadowlark; title: Trumpeter swan; title: Scaled quail; title: Red-shouldered hawk; title: Black skimmer; title: Hammond's flycatcher; title: Hooded warbler; title: Abert's towhee; title: Sharp-tailed sparrow; title: Cattle egret; title: Gyrfalcon; title: Least sandpiper; title: Franklin's gull; title: Mourning dove; title: Mexican jay; title: Ruby-crowned kinglet; title: Clay-colored sparrow.; title: Vol. 4 (nos. 121-160): Yellow-billed loon; title: Common black-hawk; title: Black rail; title: Herring gull; title: Buff-breasted flycatcher; title: Swainson's warbler; title: Seaside sparrow; title: White-throated sparrow; title: Green heron; title: White-faced ibis; title: Greater white-fronted goose; title: Ancient murrelet; title: Long-eared owl; title: Lucifer hummingbird; title: Calliope hummingbird; title: Magnolia warbler; title: Neotropic cormorant; title: Swallow-tailed kite; title: Yellow rail; title: Gull-billed tern; title: Cave swallow; title: Veery; title: Black-headed grosbeak; title: Bronzed cowbird; title: Little blue heron; title: Harris' hawk; title: Black tern; title: Pileated woodpecker; title: Cliff swallow; title: Bachman's warbler; title: Louisiana waterthrush; title: Red-faced warbler; title: Whooping crane; title: Snowy plover; title: Black oystercatcher; title: Solitary sandpiper; title: Crested myna; title: Black-and-white warbler; title: MacGillivray's warbler; title: Eastern meadowlark.; title: Vol. 5 (nos. 161-200):Yellow-crowned Night-Heron; title: Ross' Goose; title: Northern Pintail; title: Xantus' Murrlet; title: Eastern Screech-Owl; title: Northern Flicker; title: Gray Catbird; title: White-eyed Vireo; title: Wood        Duck; title: Common Goldeneye; title: Snail Kite; title: Ferruginous Hawk; title: Virginia Rail; title: Western Gull; title: Ivory Gull; title: Bobolink; title: Black    Scoter; title: White-tailed Kite; title: Spotted Owl; title: Yellow-billed Magpie; title: Black-capped Vireo; title: Northern Waterthrush; title: White-crowned      Sparrow; title: Red-winged Blackbird; title: Ashy Storm-Petrel; title: Black-      bellied Plover; title: Green Jay; title: Carolina Wren; title: Hutton's Vireo; title: Chestnut-sided Warbler; title: Lincoln's Sparrow; title: Yellow-headed        Blackbird; title: Green-winged teal; title: Acorn Woodpecker; title: Horned Lark; title: Siberian Tit; title: Canyon Wren; title: Snow Bunting; title: McKay's Bunting; title: Rusty Blackbird; title: Vol. 6 (nos. 201-240):American Golden-Plover; title: Pacific Golden-   Plover; title: Dunlin; title: Ruby-throated Hummingbird; title: Nashville Warbler; title: Bay-breasted Warbler; title: Boat-tailed Grackle; title: Purple Finch; title: Cinnamon Teal; title: Northern Harrier; title: Mountain Plover; title: Rhinoceros  Auklet; title: Common Nighthawk; title: Philadelphia Vireo; title: Northern Parula; title: Botteri's Sparrow; title: Northern Shoveler; title: Broad-winged Hawk; title: Whimbrel; title: Brown Noddy; title: Magnificent Hummingbird; title: Mountain Bluebird; title: Yellow-throated Warbler; title: Le Conte's Sparrow; title: Laughing Gull; title: Anna's Hummingbird; title: Western Kingbird; title: FloridaScrub-Jay; title: American Dipper; title: LeConte's Thrasher; title: Loggerhead Shrike; title: Lazuli Bunting; title: Leach's Storm-Petrel; title: Northern Rough-winged Swallow; title: Curve-billed Thrasher; title: White Wagtail; title: Black-backed Wagtail; title: Palm Warbler; title: Grasshopper Sparrow; title: Cassin's Finch; title: Vol. 7 (nos.241-280): Red-footed Booby; title: Laysan Duck; title: Yellow-footed Gull; title: Greater Roadrunner; title: Eastern Wood-Pewee; title: Wood Thrush; title: Yellow-throated Vireo; title: Summer Tanager; title: Crested Caracara; title: Sora; title: Costa's Hummingbird; title: White-headed Woodpecker; title: Eastern Kingbird; title: Boreal Chickadee; title: Orchard Oriole; title: Red Crossbill; title: Manx Shearwater; title: Chukar; title: California Gull; title: Great Auk; title: Hermit Thrush; title: Eastern Towhee; title: Spotted Towhee; title: Canyon Towhee; title: Swainson's Hawk; title: Surfbird; title: Buff-collared Nightjar; title: Black Phoebe; title: Townsend's Solitaire; title: Black-chinned Sparrow; title: Common Grackle; title: Po'ouli; title: Mute Swan; title: White-winged Scoter; title: American Avocet; title: Marbled Murrelet; title: American Redstart; title: White-collared Seedeater; title: Swamp Sparrow; title: Pine Siskin; title: Vol. 8 (nos. 281-320): Bulwer's Petrel; title: Pelagic Cormorant; title: Gadwall; title: Lewis' Woodpecker; title: Williamson's Sapsucker; title: Sky Lark; title: Purple Martin; title: Chestnut-collared Longspur; title: Spotted Sandpiper; title: Least Tern; title: Aleutian Tern; title: Red-crowned Parrot; title: Tropical Parula; title: 'Akepa; title: 'Akeke'e; title: 'Apanane; title: Townsend's and Newell's Shearwater; title: Northern Goshawk; title: Mangrove Cuckoo; title: Great Crested Flycatcher; title: Golden-crowned Kinglet; title: Laysan and Nihoa Millerbird; title: Hermit Warbler; title: Java Sparrow; title: Wedge-tailed Shearwater; title: Tricolored Heron; title: Labrador Duck; title: Marsh Wren; title: Cedar Waxwing; title: Olive Warbler; title: Maui Parrotbill; title: 'Anianiau; title: Common Loon; title: Leeser Nighthawk; title: Bewick's Wren; title: Northern Wheatear; title: Long-billed Thrasher; title: Lucy's Warbler; title: Black-throated Gray Warbler; title: Connecticut Warbler; title: Vol. 9 (nos. 321-360): Gambel's Quail; title: Monk Parakeet; title: California Thrasher; title: Kentucky Warbler; title: Olive Sparrow; title: Sage Sparrow; title: 'I'iwi; title: Himilayan Snowcock; title: Ring-necked Duck; title: Great Black-backed Gull; title: Clark's Nutcracker; title: Cape May Warbler; title: Townsend's Warbler; title: Chipping Sparrow; title: 'O'u; title: Lana'i Hookbill; title: Brant; title: Lesser Scaup; title: Turkey Vulture; title: Clapper Rail; title: Stilt Sandpiper; title: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; title: Steller's Jay; title: 'Elepaio; title: Dark-rumped Petrel; title: Prairie Falcon; title: Eskimo Curlew; title: Pectoral Sandpiper; title: Brown-headed Nuthatch; title: Tennessee Warbler; title: Varied Bunting; title: Golden-crowned Sparrow; title: White-tailed Tropicbird; title: Sharp-tailed Grouse; title: Greater Yellowlegs; title: Northern Hawk-Owl; title: Elegant Trogon; title: Tropical Kingbird; title: Red-billed Leiothrix; title: Hawai'i Amakihi; title: Kaua'i 'Amakihi; title: O'ahu 'Amakihi; title: Greater 'Amakihi; title: Vol. 10 (nos. 361-400): Northern Fulmar; title: Brandt's Cormorant; title: Surf Scoter; title: Lesser Prairie-Chicken; title: Long-tailed Jaeger; title: Plumbeous Vireo; title: Worm-eating Warbler; title: Green-tailed Towhee; title: Willow Ptarmigan; title: Roseate Tern; title: White Tern; title: Great Horned Owl; title: Golden-fronted Woodpecker; title: Say's Phoebe; title: Bridled Titmouse; title: Yellow-rumped Warbler; title: Common Peafowl; title: White-rumped Shama; title: Blue-headed Vireo; title: House Wren; title: Eastern Bluebird; title: Yellow Wagtail; title: Colima Warbler; title: Baltimore Oriole; title: Bonin Petrel; title: White-winged Parakeet; title: Yellow-chevroned Parakeet; title: Buff-bellied Hummingbird; title: Black-billed Magpie; title: Brewer's Sparrow; title: Pyrrhuloxia; title: Lesser Goldfinch; title: Masked Duck; title: Erckel's Francolin; title: Black Francolin; title: Gray Francolin; title: Northern Bobwhite; title: Painted Bunting; title: Shiny Cowbird; title: 'Akohekohe